Las Vegas Market — one of the first large events to return to the city since the start of the pandemic — proved a success for buyers and sellers.

That’s according to Bob Maricich, CEO of International Market Centers, who said the company’s five-day home furnishings trade show “exceeded all expectations.”

“That included our own expectations but, most importantly, the expectations of the buyers that were there and the exhibitors (that) chose to show,” Maricich said Thursday in an interview with the Review-Journal.

“It’s a reaffirmation as to how strong the consumer economy is. The demand for everything related to home is just really strong at retail, and that was apparent here,” he added.